Sippy Cup Poem by Maya Hanson

Now your air is humid with humans,
leave if you don't want to meet my eyes
Take what you want, don't grow if you don't want to
I won't be stealing your sippy cup

I've at least sent you letters when I don't want to speak,
when I can't make myself meet your eyes
That's more than I can say for you
I can't take away your sippy cup

You can breathe in pretend, the world doesn't need you
to stand tall enough to sing
I can see my own unraveling, I don't need your microscope
to cast the blame when you can't get up

We have the same demons but I'm standing next to mine
you keep a death grip on someone's hand
We have the same demons but I'm dancing with mine
while you blind them with headlights and can't take it in